Finding Your Career Path
I’m a firm believer that you don’t just need to have one career. I graduated from college thinking that I wanted to be Editor in Chief of a teen magazine. Three years after I...
Tagged: personal branding
10 Ways Restaurants can use Social Media to become a “Hometown Hero”
Did you ever notice that the best local restaurants are the ones you never see advertised? That’s because successful local restaurants wouldn’t see a high ROI on print advertisements. They see a much higher ROI...
Personal Business Cards for Personal Branding
A few weeks ago I was invited to a fund raising event for a non-profit arts organization. This was the perfect networking opportunity especially since I have been thinking about returning to the non-profit...
Little Things are Big Things at Work
I made a mistake at work last week. I did not miscalculate my numbers. I did not break procedure. I was simply going way too fast. We’ve all been there before: it’s a super...
Are You Guilty of Common Female Prejudices at Work?
Last night at dinner my 17 year old sister was telling me all about her AP Psychology class. Her class is watching a film in which ABC set up different awkward situations to see how the...
Stop Searching, Start Working: 2 Things You Should do while Unemployed
“Make your life one giant networking event.” ~Dan Schawbel I graduated college in May 2009 and it wasn’t until I let go of the idea that I needed to spend all day every day...
Dear Ms. Career Girl Critics, I Heart “Me”
Things are absolutely nuts in my world and I couldn’t be happier about it. What started out as “Job Search Boot Camp” has quickly evolved into something even more fabulous. I cannot wait to...
10 Guerrilla Job Search Tactics That Work
In my opinion, there are two things most job seekers do wrong: they are too general and they are too boring. I frequently write about the #1 problem of entry-level candidates: lack of focus....
20 Resume Tips from a Hiring Manager
I’m a hiring manager. During the last seven years I’ve reviewed an estimated five thousand to ten thousand resumes while hiring or promoting fifty people for three different companies. I’ve hired sales people, tech...
What Would You do with a Million Dollars?
Welcome to Ms. Career Girl’s shortest blog post ever. I had some really interesting conversations this weekend that really got me thinking. I’m sure you’ll hear more about these soon. Here’s one fragment for you...